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THE Horse Challenge Review, part 2

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Our massive "Year of THE Horse" challenge review continues! You sent us way more submissions than ever before, including mount[ain] kings, the biggest lore dragon, a goat, and many horses. Continue learning along with us about all the nooks and crannies of the Saddle mechanic. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images:

THE Horse Challenge Review, part 1

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You better be ready for extensive horse content!!! We got a beyond-huge amount of submissions this month for our Design Challenge, so this episode can only tackle the first THIRD of that bumper crop! So much saddle content, from more traditional beasts to a doting dad. Come get your fill but be ready to come back for more next week. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images:

YOUR Fractured Planeswalkers!

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Last week's episode about color-shifted "Fractured" planeswalkers set off a firestorm of design in the Discord! This week we're going over a bunch of those cards. So many cool twists on existing characters in new roles, elements, and themes! GrandNagus aka Weasel joins us on the pod for the first time to share their card, too. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images:

Fractured Planeswalkers! Classic Characters in New Colors

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Orzhov Ral Zarek is just the beginning! Khord and Tim collaborate on the idea of switched up colors for planeswalkers. Water wizard Chandra? Tezzeret with wooden limbs? Kaito the samurai? It's not just about changing color, it's also important to find that character nugget to keep the same. How do you keep Liliana's sass while giving her a white mana power set? Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images:

Febru-Air Challenge Review, part 2

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Juliet and Tim review your submissions for the 4/4 flier challenge. Along the way, they dive deep into what makes a keyword plausible, an ability word worthwhile, and randomness in gameplay fun or unfun. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images:

Febru-Air Challenge Review, part 1

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This month's challenge standardizes the cost and size: 5 mana, 4/4 flier. From there, our designers could go wherever they want! Plenty of fun designs and great discussion, plus a thorough look into the nature of humanity. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images:

What Makes a Teenage Turtle Mutant?

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Juliet poses a philsophical question on the nature of identity and gets a crash course on TMNT from turtle-expert Riley Hopkins. In the face of Ooze, does patience or pizza win out? Did you know that Splinter is a cross-universe pun the whole time? Along the way, they design a quartet of fun new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Magic the Gathering cards. Check out Moonshot streams at: Get even more Moonshot (including more Juliet) at: Watch their Silent Hill f vids too: Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images:

Following Signposts - Lorwyn Eclipsed, plus Hybrid Talk

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Our usual Following Signposts faces its biggest challenge yet: Lorwyn Eclipse's crazy draft structure! Part traditional set, part hybrid nonsense, with 8 archetypes instead of 5 or 10. Tons of hybrid talk, which is looking to be a key part of the UB small set era. Khord's stuff: Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images: Intro music by Dee Culp

Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 2

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Flip over last week's episode because we've got a whole extra pod on the back! More of your two-sided noncreature cards this week. We've got references to Alpha, 1500s paintings, multiple Rakdos goopy trash cards, and a Battle for the finale. Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images: Intro music by Dee Culp

Janus-uary Challenge Review, pt 1

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This month's challenge asked you to submit double sided cards where neither side is a creature. The star of the show, though, is the bonus challenge, which was to also make the card easy to read! Along the way Juliet talks about reading Tolstoy, Tim asks for a famous web app, and Guff rewrites history. Check out community member Xena's new game, Surreality Check: Join Beacon of Creation's Discord: Show Notes and Images: Intro music by Dee Culp

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